The oldest secular consistent life ethic org in the world! We are committed to the protection of life, which is threatened today by war, abortion, poverty, racism, capital punishment and euthanasia. https://linkin.bio/consistentlifenet/https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mtzqsyrt7l2uFr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy once gave a conference on nonviolence to fellow Catholic priests that was sparsely attended, with one attendee repeatedly pushing back. Our latest blog post, by Fr. McCarthy's friend Jim Hewes, describes what came of their discussions.27 Aug 2026 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzqsyrt7l2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mtw6vywica26Last weekend, the US military resumed killing people it accuses of trafficking drugs in boats. Some members of Congress and human rights advocates have raised serious questions about this claim. As they point out, people accused of crimes normally face prosecution, not extrajudicial killing. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/politics/us-military-strike-alleged-drug-boat-intl-hnk25 Aug 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw6vywica26https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3msw6f4j4rv23In a rare but unfortunate occurrence, three people are scheduled to be executed on the same day (tomorrow) in the United States. A small handful of US states are feeding a rise in executions in the US overall. https://apnews.com/article/execution-lethal-injection-death-penalty-4fdce596339c31481eb61f25223c377512 Aug 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw6f4j4rv23https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mstr5vdp6h2mMany people who initially survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima died afterward of radiation poisoning. On our blog, CLN board member Sarah Terzo shares the stories of a few of the children who lost their parents in this way. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/08/11/orphans-of-hiroshima/11 Aug 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstr5vdp6h2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3msdwx64msu2xAs we approach the anniversary of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, John Whitehead spotlights the little-known history of the Korean survivors of those bombings. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/08/04/korean-victims/05 Aug 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdwx64msu2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mscczwt6752bToday is August 4, 2026 - the day on which Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" takes place, portraying a high-tech house standing alone in the aftermath of nuclear war. https://short-stories.co/@raybradbury/there-will-come-soft-rains-6k8vr4xxlnmj05 Aug 2026 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscczwt6752bhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mrvfquetfd2nIn this article published by our member group Rehumanize International, CLN board member Sarah Terzo explains why Medicaid work requirements, due to take effect by 2027, are likely to result in the loss of care for many who are working or face barriers such as homelessness or disability. https://www.rehumanizeintl.org/post/time-sensitive-medicaid-work-requirements30 Jul 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvfquetfd2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mrqjbkmi6y2qThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists notes a disturbing shift in Britain's policy toward nuclear weapons proliferation, and the danger of nuclear-armed countries increasingly following an arms-race rationale. https://thebulletin.org/2026/07/is-london-shifting-from-nuclear-deterrence-to-war-fighting/28 Jul 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqjbkmi6y2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mqrc5rpubp2eOn this day 81 years ago, the world's first nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico, leading to long-lasting health effects there and in every area where nuclear weapons have been tested. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/federal-lawmakers-introduce-bill-reauthorizing-222517140.html16 Jul 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrc5rpubp2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mqnclsw6gv26Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, US state laws against abortion have often been blamed for any failings in maternal health care. Jacqueline Abernathy explains the deceptiveness of this narrative and the importance of clarity in pro-life laws. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/07/14/abortion-bans-laws-to-blame/14 Jul 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnclsw6gv26https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mq7pcbf7f72tThe US Department of Energy is preparing to produce new cores for nuclear warheads, called plutonium pits. The National Nuclear Security Administration is receiving public comments on pit production by email and postal mail until July 16. https://ucs-documents.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/nuclear-weapons/PEIS-toolkit.pdf09 Jul 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7pcbf7f72thttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mpll7km7my27Rachel MacNair documents cases of financial fraud at multiple Planned Parenthood locations and explains why this matters from a consistent-life perspective. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/06/30/pp-and-financial-fraud/01 Jul 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpll7km7my27https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mpll7bfq352yRachel MacNair documents cases of financial fraud at multiple Planned Parenthood locations and explains why this matters from a consistent-life perspective. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/06/30/pp-and-financial-fraud/01 Jul 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpll7bfq352yhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mp2dzvpkbe24A newly published open-access study offers a glimpse of how the destruction of healthcare systems in war contributes to additional premature deaths and other serious harms. https://www.academia.edu/3070-3530/3/2/10.20935/AcadMedHealth837224 Jun 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2dzvpkbe24https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mp2dzvp5oi2oA newly published open-access study offers a glimpse of how the destruction of healthcare systems in war contributes to additional premature deaths and other serious harms. https://www.academia.edu/3070-3530/3/2/10.20935/AcadMedHealth837224 Jun 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2dzvp5oi2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mokv6abahx2cCLN board member Sarah Terzo highlights a few of the many stories of women who experienced medical neglect in ICE detention while pregnant, putting them and their babies at risk. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/06/16/ice-detention-while-pregnant/18 Jun 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokv6abahx2chttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mny34qp7as2bJohn Whitehead reviews An Ordinary Insanity, a half-hour documentary short in which Daniel Ellsberg, known for his whistleblowing on war, discusses the threat to humanity posed by nuclear weapons. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/06/09/an-ordinary-insanity/11 Jun 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mny34qp7as2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mnlajpfl4h2kOn our blog this week, Jim Hewes considers the role men's choices - taking responsibility for the children they father, or failing to do so - play in abortion decisions. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/06/02/men-and-accountability/05 Jun 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnlajpfl4h2khttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mnfhixsmt424Continuing to recognize Torture Awareness Month, the National Religious Campaign against Torture, a US-based multifaith organization, offers a template for writing to US Congress in support of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to prohibit inhumane treatment of people in immigration detention. https://nrcat.salsalabs.org/ddia-cosponsorship/index.html03 Jun 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfhixsmt424https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mn6hgmrght2oAs of December 2026, US males aged 18-25 will be automatically registered for the military draft. The Center on Conscience & War explains what this does and doesn't mean for laws that protect conscientious objectors, and they offer suggestions on how those who wish to claim CO status can prepare. https://centeronconscience.org/conscientious-objection-and-draft-law/?blm_aid=7035231 May 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6hgmrght2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mn3i262kie2yIn this week's Peace & Life Connections, we're spotlighting a couple of excellent CLE-related articles in Commonweal and The Hill, as well as CLE themes in the recently published encyclical by Pope Leo. https://www.consistentlifenetwork.org/single-post/759-peace-life-good-writings-may-29-202630 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3i262kie2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mmytwz2iot2pFor consistent-life Catholics in parishes that skew ideologically left or right, advocating for greater consistency across peace and life issues can be challenging. CLN President Lois Kerschen offers some advice and encouragement. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/05/26/introducing-cle-catholics/29 May 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmytwz2iot2phttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mmrniqgsyt24Pope Leo's first encyclical letter, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), was publicly released yesterday. In it, he denounces the frequent use of just war theory "to justify any kind of war," the use of militarized AI, and a growing paradigm of violence and power. https://religionnews.com/2026/05/25/in-new-encyclical-pope-leo-calls-on-catholics-to-move-beyond-just-war-theory/26 May 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrniqgsyt24https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mmn6dnic6k25To mark International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament, the government of Ghana is planning the public destruction of more than 4,000 illegal weapons collected through an amnesty program. https://www.myjoyonline.com/ghana-to-destroy-over-4000-illegal-weapons-in-nationwide-arms-amnesty-exercise/25 May 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmn6dnic6k25https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mmd4ap3v7k24On May 16, we held our quarterly vigil against nuclear weapons in Washington, DC. John Whitehead reflects on the vigil, the significance of the nearby memorial to the First World War, and the importance of preventing a Third World War. https://consistent-life.org/blog/index.php/2026/05/19/changing-our-thinking/20 May 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmd4ap3v7k24https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mmaqnejoss24Our member group Rehumanize International is offering an online speaker series called Voices for Life and Justice. Next Wednesday, May 27, Women of Welcome director Bri Stensrud will join them to share her advocacy for the lives and human dignity of immigrants. https://www.rehumanizeintl.org/voices20 May 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaqnejoss24https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mlwgqodc3r2nPope Leo XIV's advocacy for human rights is bringing people to discover the consistent life ethic! Read about this good news and more in this week's Peace & Life Connections. https://www.consistentlifenetwork.org/single-post/758-peace-life-in-the-atlantic-moms-gov-may-15-202615 May 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwgqodc3r2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mlw76u26xu2nTHREAD: Today we observe two commemorations: Nakba Day and International Conscientious Objectors' Day.15 May 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw76u26xu2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3mlow4hhzzf24For anyone looking to get involved in reducing the threat of nuclear weapons, Back from the Brink is hosting an organizing meeting on May 19 "designed to help you find your entry point, learn what meaningful action can look like, and meet others who are committed to this work." https://www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/948279/12 May 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlow4hhzzf24https://bsky.app/profile/consistentlifenet.bsky.social/post/3ml6r5lypzn24Jeff Hood unpacks a recent court ruling that found the state of Alabama lied about its ability to keep information about the suffocation of people executed with nitrogen gas - and describes what he saw when seeing people killed in this way. https://executioninterventionproject.substack.com/p/they-lied-judge-emily-marks-just06 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:iwtmrg6rgcl2dfchp4lz7oru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6r5lypzn24